# The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Wales) Regulations 2015, Paragraph 2: Meaning of “continuity of service”

Extent: E+W

(1) A transition member (T) has continuity of service between pensionable service in the 1992 Scheme or the NFPS, as the case may be, and pensionable service in this scheme unless T has a gap in service exceeding five years which—
(a) begins on or before T’s transition date; and
(b) ends on the day on which T becomes an active member of this scheme.
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), after the scheme closing date T is not on a gap in service while T is in service which is pensionable under an existing scheme, an existing public body pension scheme, a scheme under section 1 of the 2013 Act or a new public body pension scheme.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/622/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-wales-regulations-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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